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devan l.

devan l.

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Most Favorable Review

Good but some growing pains (updated)

ASUS ROG Strix B650-A Gaming WiFi AMD B650 AM5 Ryzen™ Desktop 9000 8000 & 7000 ATX motherboard, 12 + 2 power stages, DDR5, 3x M.2 slot, PCIe® 4.0, 2.5G LAN, WiFi 6E, USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C®, Aura Sync
ASUS ROG Strix B650-A Gaming WiFi AMD B650 AM5 Ryzen™ Desktop 9000 8000 & 7000 ATX motherboard, 12 + 2 power stages, DDR5, 3x M.2 slot, PCIe® 4.0, 2.5G LAN, WiFi 6E, USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C®, Aura Sync

Pros: - Great build quality, seriously beefy and decent - Great connectivity for fans, M.2's, RGB, extras - Great M.2 features like q-latch's, heatsinks, and thermal pads given to you. - Nice features like BIOS flashback, diagnostic LED for CPU, VRAM, DRAM independently, etc...

Cons: - (Updated x2) Just came back and did another BIOS update to the latest release and looks like using the native "EXPO" setting with my CL 30 / 6000 MHz G.Skill Ram is now stable under successive 3D mark Time Spy benchmarks. Hopefully it's as stable doing other loads but for now all growing pains have been resolved for me! Thanks for the updates Asus! - (updated) Had to do a full reinstall of Win 11, but afterwards MOBO is finally recognized by Aura Sync, now it's looking good!!

Overall Review: As advertised. Fun little board with a bunch of modern features. Coming from AM4 with a 1700x the new features are a big step up and a welcomed improvement. While it did have some growing pains with the Ram not posting in EXPO originally or the RGB requiring tinkering to get working - consistent good updates from Asus make this a great product today.

So pretty!

Phanteks Eclipse P400S PH-EC416PSTG_BR Silent Edition Black/Red Tempered Glass/Steel RGB ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Phanteks Eclipse P400S PH-EC416PSTG_BR Silent Edition Black/Red Tempered Glass/Steel RGB ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: Looks amazing. like seriously, fantastic. No HDD bays in the front makes this case really open and roomy! Cable management is a breeze. And the Included RGB strip lights up the case brilliantly. Also the 160mm cooler clearance I wish was bigger, had to forgo getting a U12S for a U9S because the U12S has a clearance of 159mm. in other words, make the case a little wider and its pretty much perfect.

Cons: Cable management while good, could be better. The area behind the motherboard could be widened to make it easier to put on the back plate with the cables in there. Also, while this case mentions Aura compatibility, it does not ship with an adapter. Currently could not get one from new egg either. boo-urns.

Overall Review: Would be 5/5 but alas its not "perfect". only really, really, darn good.

Quality product

ENERMAX T.B. Silence UCTB12N-R Red LED Case Fan
ENERMAX T.B. Silence UCTB12N-R Red LED Case Fan

Pros: does what it says it does. quiet fans with nice led's that work. not the absolute best fans or air movement you can get, but it does exactly what you think it would for the price, which is surprisingly nice.

Cons: non yet

Overall Review: for all the people saying they hear vibrating noise, check your case, because the fans are whisper quiet. at first i had some noise, but then i tightened the screws and it went away.